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About Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an author that wrote about mystery, murder, cannibalism and mayhem.  He started writing at a young age and was able to publish his first book of poems at the age of 18.  As the years passed, Edgar Allan Poe was able to publish more books of poetry, write stories for newspapers [...]

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About Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens is one of the iconic story-tellers and writers in history. With popular stories like A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, and A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens literary work is truly outstanding. Charles John Huffam Dickens is his complete name as he was born on Fenruary 7, 1812. Among all English writers, he [...]

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About Rudyard Kipling

The author of The Jungle Book and creator of icon characters like Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Rudyard Kipling is one of the most praised and honored British writers of all time. Born in 1865 in Bombay, (now Mombai) and sent to be educated in England, Kipling learned at a young age to work and to learn. Rudyard Kipling [...]

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Eight Commonly Misused Words

Cool infographic illustrating eight commonly misused words.

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If by Rudyard Kipling

by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in [...]

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Two Homophone Spell Checker Poems

An Ode to the Spelling Chequer by Janet E. Byford Prays the Lord for the spelling chequer That came with our pea sea! Mecca mistake and it puts you rite Its so easy to ewes, you sea. I never used to no, was it e before eye? (Four sometimes its eye before e.) But now [...]

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About Limericks

Why is this type of poem called a Limerick? The origin of the actual name limerick for this type of poem is not really known for sure. Its usage was first documented in England in 1898, in the New English Dictionary. It was also documents in America in 1902, but even then, no one is [...]

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About Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen; a famous author and poet known mainly for his fairy tales like “The Little Mermaid”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes“, and “The Ugly Duckling“. As a fairy tale writer he made the lives of many children a little brighter and much more imaginative. His fairy tales have been translated into over a hundred [...]

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About Greek Mythology

Greek Mythology is a group of stories written by the Ancient Greeks. They wrote many stories about their gods, their heroes, and about the world that they lived in. Scholars today study the myths in an attempt to learn about religious and political institutions of the Ancient Greek civilization. Greek mythology is typically found in [...]

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About Sign Language

There are many people throughout the world who communicate much differently than through speaking. They use their hands: communicating through sign language. It is estimated that between 100,000 to 500,000 people use sign language. American Sign Language or ASL was brought from France in the early 19th Century. There currently was no system for sign [...]

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